Spout support or hanger



' Dec. 9, 1924, 1,518,848

w. R. HICKOX SPOUT SUPPORT OR HANGER Fiied,May 9, 1 923 INVENTOR.

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Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

. UNITED STATES WILLIAM R. HIGKOX,

or BAR-BERTON, ome.

SPOUT SUPPORT OR HANGER.

Application filed. May 9,

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. HIoKox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Spout Supports orHangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to gutters, eaves spouts, and the like, andparticularly to means for attaching or supporting the down spout, gutteror the like of a house.

The general object of the invention is to provide a very simple devicefor hanging or Supporting down spouts or other conductors of likecharacter, which is applicable to flat surfaces, and which is soconstructed that the conductor may be supported in spaced relation tothe side of the building to permit painting the conductor and thebuilding on all sides, and further to allow the conductor to pass over awater table or other obstruction without cutting the con ductor ormaking angles therein.

A further object is to provide a device of this kind which is so formedthat the conductor will not tend to rotate or oscillate upon the supportbut will be held firmly in position.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character whichmay be readily applied without any danger of splitting or breaking thesiding.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure1 is a sectional view through a wall showing one form of my hangerapplied thereto;

Figure 2 is a sectionon the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of one extreme end of thesection 14;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View showing an alternative mannerof connecting the sections 14 and 19;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective View showing another embodiment ofthe device;

Figure 6 is a sectional view through the hanger shown in Figure 1, thebase 10 being omitted and the hanger bearing flat against the wall.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3, in which I 1923. Serial N0. 637,746.

have illustrated one form of my construction, 10 designates a base orbracket which is adapted to be applied against the wall A of a house orother structure, this bracket being U-shaped in cross section andproviding two inwardly extending parallel walls, the inner edges ofwhich are re-entrantly cut away, as at 11. The transverse web of thisbracket or support is upwardly bulged at its middle for its entirelength, as at 12, and formed with an opening 13.

Adapted to be disposed upon this support ing member 10 is one section ofa hanger, which is designated 14. This has a flat middle portion 15which is perforated for the passage of a nail 16, screw or likefastening device which is passed through the section 14 and through theperforation 18 and into the wall of the structure. This hanger section14 is approximately semi-circular in form and at one end is outwardlybent, as at 17, and perforated to form an ear. The opposite end of thesection 14 is longitudinally slotted, as at 18.

Coacting with the section 14 is a hanger section 19 which isapproximately semi-circular in form and has one end formed with a hook20 adapted to be inserted through the slot 18, and the other end of thissection 19 is angularly bent to form an ear 21 through which a bolt maypass (see Fig. 4) to hold the two sections together at this end. While abolt may be used to pass through this section, it is also possible touse a nail 22. as illustrated in Figure 1, which nail will be driveninto the wall of the house and will hold the two sections in engagementwith each other.

It will be understood, of course, that the section 14 is transverselycurved at its base 15 so as to fit over the transversely curved portion12 and thus interlock therewith so that the section 14 will not tend torotate upon the supporting member 16. It will be understood that thesections 14 and 19 may be formed of slightly sinuous strips which havethe general form of a semi-circle or may be formed of angular stripsbent to describe a semicircle, and I wish it understood that both endsof the sections 14 and 19 might be constructed with cars 17 and 21respectively through which bolts or nails might pass, though I prefer tohave the construction as illustrated, that is the section 19 formed witha hook 20 to engage in the slot 18.

In Figure 5, 1 illustrate another form of the invention which is thesame as the form first described except that the supporting base isformed in one piece with the section 14. To this end the section 1- isformed with two downwardly extending side Walls 10 which arere-entrantly cut away, as at 11 and the center of the strip is formedwith a perforation 13 through which is nail is adapted to pass.Otherwise than this, the construction shown in Figure 5'is the same asthat shown in Figure 1.

In Figure 6, I show the manner in which the hanger composed of thesections 14 and 19 may be disposed against a wall without the necessityof using the base 10. In this case, the concavely curved face of theportion 15 bears against the wall A, the two corners a of this portion15 acting to :provide side walls which bear against the surface of thewall and answer the same purpose as the edges 11 of the block 10. Itwill be seen that this construction provides, therefore, a supportingmember formed to provide two parallel side walls, that is the A spoutsupport of the character dei scribed comprising an approximatelysemicircular section formed to partially embrace a spout, a base forsaid section U-shaped in cross section to. provide two parallel sidewalls, the connecting Web between said side walls being adapted to abutthe central porti on of said section, said connecting Web and thecentral portion of the section having projections interfitting toprevent relative rotation of the sections when forced into engagementwith one another, said central portion of the section and saidconnecting web being formed with openings aligning when the sections arein assembled relation for the reception of a securing element wherebythey may be secured in position upon a wall. I v p In testimony whereofI hereunto a'ifix my signature.

' WVILLIAM R. HIOKOX.

